Printer&#39;s chase for storage



EnLWooDC. kinumana, or nnjsrn'orinnronn, NEW nsnY.

`'rnrirrn'ras CHASE non sronfien;

Application led e'oruary My present invention jhas to I do with printerschases; and it consists in therchase possessed of theprac'ticaladvantages hereinafter ascribed to it. A c p Theinvention in all'of itsdetails Will be v fullyv understood from the following ,defV

' scription and claims when the ysame are read Y my Vinventioninconnection Awith the drawings, accompanying and formingpart ,of thisspecification, in whichrry Figure `l is a planvieiv vof the chaseconstituting the preferred embodiment of .Figure 2 1s a n ofmetallictubing assit appears precedent to ,beingincorporated in my novel chase.n Figure 3 is an enlargedr fragmentary vie-W illustrating the mannerinwvhich the lengths of the tubes are occupied with Wood sections lorother appropriate filler sections, andl the manner in which the coinersof the-rectangular framesvformed by the tubesy are reinforced throughthe mediumof metallic Yor' alloy reinforcing blocks l Figure L 1s anenlarged, fragmentarysec.-

` tion taken in the'plane indicated bythe line VFigure 5 isafragmentary. vviewv making clear thefaet that ymy novel chase is morethan type high in accordance With the material featurey of my invention.d c

Figure 6 is' a detail viewta'ken at right angles.V to Figurel andshoivingnthe manner in which the reduced ends of the section of eachcornerjreinforcement are lapped.

p Similary numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in vallofv the views 'of the drawings.' d Y Among other elements my novelychase vcompris'esvatube 1,'re`ctangular in cross-section, Figure'c, andformed of bra-ss or other appropriate sheet metal.f The tube l is continuous,jFigure 2, is provided With miter y ends 2 and isgnotched atintermediate Ypoints in its length asy designated vby 3 for the formingVof the three imiter jointsr offthe chase in addition tol the`joint'formed by the confronting ends 2.

In addition to the tube l, the chase comY-V` prises Vfiller lengthsf,preferably of Wood,

and corner reinforcements eachof `Which is formed of tvvoi sections ofmetal, alloy or other appropriatematerial. A The corner reand thereforedetailed description lof the one shown in Figures 3 and 6 will sufficeto detailvietv showing a length a4, ieee.v serialno'. eases;

impart a deniteunderstanding of the four. f' 'y By comparisoi'iofF-igures 3 and 6, it will be 1 readily understoodthat the cornerreinforcement referredI to is made up `of a section 1- Wit'h. a reducedend Il?, and a section l with a. reduced end 1d, the said sections laandl being arranged at right angles to; each other, and the reduced ends Iland ldpbeing *dis*n posed in lfappedrelation. -The walls of the tube lare made as thin as possible, and theV v.vvoodfillers 4, serve -toprecludeor prevent` collapse of the said Walls andv to lend rigid-y itytothe Walls vand to the'chase as a- Wh'o'lez 5 In this the Wood fillers'4E'. are materially assisted by the-metallic or alloy cornerreinfcrcements, and in this latter connection it Will be; understoodthattlie tivo'sections that enterinto each` corner rv'reinfor'cement.are arranged as shown, yand leach cornerof; the chase, formedin themanner descrined,elec

tric'ally Welded', riveted, orctherivise joined i' so thatat eachcorner, there is Va solid insep'- f arable Joint.v Manifestly such jointlends inv creased stiffnessand strengthto the lchase as a Whole andpreserves the rectangular.

form ofthe same.V v Y c In present practice, many of the forms run uponsmal-l hlghspeedv presses are eX-` pensively time consuming to locktoregister.'

In 'the ycase ,ofrsupplementary runs -i-t would beeconomical;` if thisl'oclrfup could. be preserved.. The cost ofthestandard-below type'- highchases and the racks necessary foi-their accommodation',*necessitate theVvbrea,kindupof these forms becausey any advantagegained by holdingVthem in chase is overcome by the tiefup of investment in the chasesandk the consumption of room and cost'of the racks necessary for vtheiraccommodation.A The forms mustA necessarily kbe relocked forsupplementary runs. vThe elimination of the expense is desirable..l Itisto be understood, therefore, that it is an accomplishment of-myinvention that this end maybe obtained by providing a chasecapable ofbeingA cheaply ico manufactured, light of Weight but of sufficientstrength for the purpose, and of being more than type-high so thatamultiplicityv I Y 4 of such chases ymay be piled orwstaclred togetherWithoutinjury to their contents and so that no'rack or other specialfixture 'is needed to accommodate them.V lThis invent tion, therefore,provides a means lto econominforcements are identical vin`construct1on,`.

ically preserve vthe lock-upv and register of printers formsv andtoconvenientlyy store them between runs,` the change from one type ofchase to the other being facilitated byy mere loosening of the quoinsbefore the change 1s made and tightening them thereafter without in anymanner disturbing the, justification of the form proper, the two typesof chases having approximate inside measurements.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the chase higher' thantype-high constitutes an important feature of my invention, and that mynovel mode of reinforcing relative' arrangement of parts as disclosed,Vmy invention being defined by my append-ed claims within the scope ofwhich changes in form or structure and in arrangement may beI madewithout departure from my invention. Y

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a printers chase greater in heightthan the standard height of type for the purpose set v forth.

2. A printers chase comprising a continuous metallic tube forming arectangular frame, metallic reinforcements in the corner portions ofsaid tube, and fillers snugly oc cupying the portions ofthe tubeintermediate of said corner reinforcements.`

3. A printers chase comprising a continuous metallic tube forming arectangular frame, metallic reinforcements in the corner portions ofsaid tube, and fillers snugly occupying the portions of the tubeintermediate of said corner reinforcements, the joints of the tube atthe corners of the frame being mitered, and the said corner positions ofthe ing permanently'joined. i l

Ll. A printers chase comprising a continuous metallic tube reduced toaiframe of rectangular configuration, metallic reinforcetube and thesaid metallic reinforcements be` ments inthe corner portions of theframe,

and fillers in the frame and intermediateof Asaid corner reinforcements,each Acorner reinforcement beinginade up v,of sections dis-V posed atright angles to`cach other and lapped, and the said tube and thesections of the corner reinforcements being permanently joined, orconnected. Y

5. A printers chase comprising a continu-4 ous metallic tube reduced toa frame of rectangular configuration, metallic reinforcements in thecorner portions of the frame,

and fillers in the frame and intermediate of said cornerreinforcements,each corner'4 reinforcement being made up ofV sectionsdisposed at. right angles to each other and lapped, and the said tubeand the sections'of the corner reinforcements being permanently joinedor connected; the said tube, the sections of the corner reinforcementsand the fillers being of rectangular cross section, and I the tube incross section being of greater height than the standard height of type.'y

6. The improvement in the printing art which consists in securing typein a chase of greater height than the type, whereby a plu# rality ofchases maybe superposedy without injury to the contents.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

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